2 Chronicles 15

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¹And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,

¹And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

²and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said , Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you⌃ are with him; and if you⌃ seek him out, he will be found of you; but if you⌃ forsake him, he will forsake you.

²And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

³And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.

³Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

⁴But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.

⁴But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

⁵And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.

⁵And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

⁶And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.

⁶And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

⁷But be you⌃ strong , and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work .

⁷Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

⁸And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.

⁸And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

⁹And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that lived with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him , when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

⁹And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

¹⁰And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

¹⁰So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

¹¹And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.

¹¹And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

¹²And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.

¹²And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

¹³And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.

¹³That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

¹⁴And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁴And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁵And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

¹⁵And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

¹⁶And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.

¹⁶And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

¹⁷Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

¹⁷But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

¹⁸And he brought in the holy things of David his father , and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁸And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁹And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

¹⁹And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.